Improvement in ironing-stands



H. B. SUMMER'S.

No. 216,297. Patented June1o,1s79.

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HARRY B. SUMMERS, OF SOUTHINGTO-N, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRoNlNG-STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,297, dated J une 10, 1879 application filed September 27, 1878.

To all whom it may-concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY BLAKE SUM- MERS, of Southington, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Iron-` ing-Stands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention ,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved ironing-stand folded out, ready for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same folded up, ready to be stowed away, and Fig. 3 is a detached view of one of the clothesframes.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of certain parts constituting an ironing-stand, the whole arranged in such a. manner that when not in use it may be conveniently folded together into comparatively small space, all as hereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the drawings, A is the ironing-board. This may be secured, by means of pins a a, between two crosspieees, b b, secured to an upright, B,which again is hinged upon a board, C, which latter forms the bottom piece of my improved ironing-stand. D is a prop or brace hinged to the under side of board A, and having at the lower end a lug, d, fitting in a recess, d', in board O. E is another brace, hinged to brace D in such a manner that both may be folded under board A.

To the under side of board C are secured two slats or bars, F' F', which serve as feet or braces to prevent the stand, when folded out, from falling over sidewise. ee are two hooks secured to the brace or prop D, and engaging with staples c c, attached to Vbrace F for the purpose of giving rigidity to the stand when folded out.

G G are frames or brackets, upon which clothes may be deposited before or after ironing. These, of which there may be one or a i larger number, consist of bars or rods g g, havinglateral armst' fi, upon which the clothes are hung in the usual manner. .Bars g have hooks The combination, with the base-board C,

having the hingedupright B and recess d', which upright is provided with the cleats b b, of the table A, having the hinged prop D, provided with a stud or tenon,'d, and a hinged prop, E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxedmy signature in presence of two witnesses."

HARRY` BLAKE sUMMEEs.

.Witnesses A. G. DILLoN, p f WILLIAM GAEEBEE. 

